Five new directors will take up their new positions at an AGM on Wednesday 6th November. Impact Funding Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of five new directors to our board: Anne Callaghan, Daphne Biliouri-Grant, Iqbal Bedi, Kathryn Welch and Ross McCulloch.
“Thank you for giving me back my life!” Overdramatic as they seem at first these eight short words, spontaneously whispered in my manager’s ear as I left my internship, in reality completely sum up what the past five months has meant for me.
Impact Funding Partners are delighted to be managing the Scottish Government’s Workplace Equality Fund for 2019/2020.
The Workplace Equality Fund (WEF) works with employers to address long standing barriers particular groups face in entering and progressing in the labour market so that everyone in Scotland has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. The Scottish Government is keen to ensure that the economy is representative of society, and focus on delivering inclusive economic growth.
As many of you will know, recently Voluntary Action Fund became Impact Funding Partners. This change in name more accurately depicts the breadth and depth of our activities and better reflects who we are and the change that we make. From today, you can now sign up to our brand new newsletter and keep up to date with all the news, announcements and exciting updates from Impact Funding Partners.
Since March 2018, Impact Funding Partners have been proud to be a part of the Kindness Innovation Network (KIN), a group of people and professionals from across Scotland who were brought together by Carnegie UK Trust to encourage kindness in their organisations and communities.
Community Enterprise Scotland have launched a new Social Enterprise Eco-System map. The easy to use map, which is fully interactive, is designed for community groups, third sector organisations, social enterprises and social entrepreneurs. It can be used to navigate and identify what business support, learning, networking and finance opportunities are available in Scotland and how to access them.
Making a lasting difference: Sustaining non-profit organisations and their impact.
Thursday 25th May saw the launch of Scotland’s National Outcomes Framework for Volunteering at Maslow’s Community Shop in Govan, Glasgow.
Today, we are thrilled to announce our partnership with London and Glasgow based chartered accountants Johal & Co. Impact Funding Partners will be the company’s Scottish community partner through their Community Matters initiate. Both companies have shared values and we look forward to working with Johal & Co through their new Scottish office, and using the community partnership to forge positive and lasting change with the third sector in Scotland.
This week, Impact Funding Partners are thrilled to announce the organisations that have been successful in securing funding for the Wellbeing for Longer in Glasgow Fund.
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve undergone a full and exciting rebrand.
Building on our 36 years’ experience in putting money where it matters, the Voluntary Action Fund will be continuing that work in the future, but under a new name – Impact Funding Partners.
The services we offer and the team that help deliver them hasn’t changed. So feel free to explore the site further, and learn just how we at Impact Funding Partners plan to create a fairer future.